I’m going to go out on a limb and say it has something to do with the (imperfectly understood, of course) Islamic faith of our fellow “Minnesotans.” It’s almost enough to make you rethink the continuing flow of immigration supported by our insane 1965 immigration law and the reigning cliches about the beauties of “diversity.” Almost.

According to Obama, Americans don’t have the right to exclude anyone in particular (“those folks,” as he put it) from the United States. In connection with Obama’s speech, we might want to meditate on the phenomenon of the stream of “Minnesota men” making the headlines.

UPDATE: The White House has now posted a transcript of Obama’s remarks in Chicago here. Although the subject of the prepared speech was immigration, Obama led off with a remarks revisiting events in Ferguson, Missouri.